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War: A tale of two doctors

HUMANITARIAN CRISIS

IT’S HELL on Earth. Two communities, kilometres apart, reeling from what they have experienced, dreading what comes next.

For Dr Samuel Arrouas, director of United Hatzalah, a community-based volunteer emergency medical services (EMS) organisation committed to providing the fastest response to medical emergencies across Israel, what happened two weeks ago is something his brain can neither fathom nor process.

“It was a Jewish holiday. I was praying in the synagogue. But because I am a medical

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